8/22/10

My little weekend getaway to see Erin in West Virginia. I will blog about my trip soon. Every time I think about it makes me teary eyed. I miss you Erin!

The Reba concert was just as I expected…AMAZING! I went with my 2 good friends Angie & Mindy, we had such a wonderful time!

Melissa Peterman-AKA Barabara Jean (her character on TV show Reba) opened for her. She is hilarious!

Reba came out and sang new songs & old songs.  I loved singing along reminiscing about the older songs she was signing. Love, Love, Love, that is all I can say!

If you are friends with me on Face Book, I will have all the videos I took during the concert, but here I wanted to showcase how she ended the show.

She left the stage and I was so disappointed that she didn’t sing Fancy. The crowd was up on their feet chanting, applauding, screaming and then her video for Fancy started playing. The crowd & Us went crazy!

Reba came out in a red dancing dress….

Watching these videos today still give me the goosebumps! I am so blessed that I was able to see her live in concert!

He made sure I had the whole 1st day back to school photo!

I can’t believe he is in Middle School and in the 7th Grade! His back pack is filled with school supplies, but not all of them. There was so much required for him to have, that he will have to take it all in over the next several days.

I know that he will have a blast this school year and we are blessed that he likes school and is a great student!

I seriously can’t wait to see her in concert tonight! Me and 2 of my good friends are having post birthday celebration with REBA!!! I just have to remember to take my camera

I am truly blessed to have the best kids in the world! Everyone knows I have 4 children, but my darling daughter is 19 now and has moved out and living her life…ahhh to be 19 again So I don’t get to see her much, she is sooo busy all the time.

School is starting on Monday for our oldest son, he is going to be in the 7th grade. Middle school! This week has been busy getting him ready and we are cramming as much fun as we can before Monday. He is excited and so are we! He is growing into such a young man, I can’t be more proud of him.

Elias is not so happy about school. He is going into 3rd grade. Sometimes I can wrap my brain around that, he was just born..right?…RIGHT?! He has expressed to me this can not be happening, school can not be starting in 2 weeks. Summer is not over, there is so much more to do. He is just the cutest.

Then there is Adam…the baby! This baby is 5 and is going to start Kindergarten. NO!!! He was placed in PM Kindergarten, He and Elias will have a school tour next week. I am so nervous, but happy that Adam’s big brother will be with him.

I am stepping into a new roll as a Mom. I have been a SAHM for 8 years and have always had a child at home during the day. I will have hours filled with quiet, no running through the house, no “Mom, can I have a snack?”, no arguing, no loud TV’s or video games, no eating lunch together and no more playdates during the middle of the week.  Just quiet.

Time, I will have lots of time. I have some ideas of what I want to do with this time. Some Spring Cleaning (in the fall..LOL). I want to go through closets, toys, bathroom cabinets, things I have still in boxes from when we moved here..ahem 3yrs ago.. :)  I want to join the gym & I want to start running again. I also want to get involved more in the kids school. Volunteer my time for anything they need.

It funny because as they go into a new adventure with new schools, new teachers…I begin one as well.

Even though I have big ideas about what to do while the kids are in school…..these children are my life, nothing, I mean nothing comes before them…ever! I love them to much to ever put something before them and their needs.

I mean look at these faces…they are just heaven on earth!

Noah

Elias

Adam

In preparation for a clowning around weekend with my besties, I thought I would share this photo of me (my sister & brother). In the early 80’s we had a clown group in our church and we would do little skits for kids, Nursing Homes and our Church itself.

If you can guess which person is me, you win a prize…well, no not really, but I would love to see which one you think I am

]]> http://justthe6ofus.net/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=6970 http://justthe6ofus.net/wordpress/?p=6962 http://justthe6ofus.net/wordpress/?p=6962#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:56:10 +0000 Trish http://justthe6ofus.net/wordpress/?p=6962 This past weekend was fun filled! I have the most amazing friends ever! Our playgroup had our summer annual Mom’s Night Out. I am surrounded by some of the most talented & wonderful Moms ever.  All our members inspire me one way or the other.

Melissa, is the best professional photographer and she graciously offered to take our headshots. She has taken my families photos many times for me and for other members of my family. She is amazing at what she does! Here is the photo she took of me last Friday night.

This photo brings a huge smile to my face, because she captured how I feel about my weight loss. I am super thrilled! Even though I am not done yet, I am so happy with what I see so far. Oh and I was having a great hair day too…LOL!

I look back at the photo she took of Dale & I back in 2007 and ask myself “why did you wait so long?”

8/01/10

It’s never to hot in the summer to wear a Tiger costume!

Here are mine TCT’s

I have several confessions this week. As I said before on Saturday we went to Red Lobster for my Birthday. Now I could have been a really good girl and ordered something not so full of butter, cream, carbs…but I didn’t! *SIGH*

Of course I ate a salad…good, right? Uhmmm no, I also ate 2 Cheddar Bay Biscuits. For dinner I ordered the Seafood Shrimp Trio, Fried Shrimp, Shrimp Scampi & Shrimp Alfredo!

You see that lovely pile of Broccoli..pretty…I didn’t order that..I had the baked potato, and before I knew what was coming out of my mouth, I said, “Butter & Sour Cream please!” Oh and the best part is when she came to give us our appetizer…yeah I had an appetizer too I said, “I would like to have a Disaronno Sour.” *Shame, Shame, Shame”

I did bring most of my dinner home, but ate the rest of it about 2am. I am not done! Oh yeah there is more! See photo below…..

Whatever you do, do not look up the calories & fat for the Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte’. And I thought I was being somewhat of a good girl, because when the girl said, “whipped cream and caramel top?” I said, “Oh just a smidgen.”  And she did just what I asked and put a quarter sized dollop of whipped cream & caramel.  ROFL!! That made it so much healthier…NOT!

Some bonus points….I have not had a baked potato or a Moolatte’  in almost a year and I have not had any alcohol since December.  I could use the excuse that is was my birthday…blah,blah,blah…but really who am I kidding it is those stupid excuses that got me where I was a year ago.

Last but not least…chocolate!

Yesterday I was making a salad for dinner and next to my bottle of salad dressing is half a container of chocolate frosting. You will be happy to know I didn’t stick my face in it but I also didn’t throw it out. If you ask me why I didn’t throw it out, I don’t think I could give you an good enough reason.  Today I will throw it away, or give my sons a couple of spoons and let them have at it…LOL! After today it will be out of my fridge! Hold me accountable people, ask me about this later

It’s new week, I am turning around all the bad stuff from the weekend into good stuff!  I have made some great food choices and exercised everyday.

My motto…

“One good decision can turn around a bad day!”

Adam had his first sleep over at Uncle Brads & Aunt Suzies. She took our boys for the evening. Dale & I were worried about how Adam would do, but since Elias was there he did so well!

We headed off to a nice  evening 24hrs alone! First a nice dinner, just the 2 of us. Dale & I don’t eat out anymore. He and I have done so well with weight loss and eating healthier we don’t have the need to go out. But since it was my special day, we went to Red Lobster….YUM! I even had a mixed drink….oh the calories, but I drank it and it was divine!

So much food, I could not eat it all and took most of my dinner home. The waitress said, “You hardly ate anything are you sure you are done?”  If she knew that last year I could of eaten my dinner & Dales, she would have been proud of me for not eating all of that. LOL!

We headed to the Mall next, we walked into Dicks Sporting goods hand in hand and we trolled the exercise equipment section, Ohhh-ing & ahhhh-ing over all the of the treadmills, ellipticals and weights.  Now that is romantic! I loved it! We do everything together and sharing  weight loss and getting fit journey with him has been the icing on the cake!

When we got home, we watched several movies on the couch all snuggled up close together. We shared left over Red Lobster, talked & talked, laughed until our sides hurts and slept in.

It was the best birthday present he could have ever given me. Thank you sweetheart for the perfect weekend! I, too, have never loved someone so much before!